The good ol days....

 Well, it rained literally the entire weekend.  What better reason to do a massive deep cleaning of our apartment than that?  We essentially gutted the place and too a ton of items to the donation in town, but....., we also found some absolute gems of ol pictures.  

I LOVE this one!  My Dad and Me, circa 1980 probably, when I was one year old, hanging near Sun Valley, ID.  My parents deserve all the credit in the world for exposing us to being outside and adventuring at a very young age!

My cousin Lins and Me in Pasadena, CA at my grandparents house.  It must have been near Halloween.

 

Dubois, WY circa 2002 hanging with my TVRC boys.  Wow, I had hair then!

80 large...

Looking out the window this morning at raining cats and dogs kinda weather, yesterday seems all the sweeter.  We have been exploring new trails really deep in the Greys River area near Afton, WY this summer.  The area is huge, the access is difficult, and there is never enough time!  We rode from 9-5 yesterday, slammed 80 miles, and were not even close to seeing all the country that we wanted to.  The trails are pretty endless down there.  It is huge country with a lot of climbing and descending. 

If only we were members!

I got an invite from my good bud Case today (nice swing dude!) to play golf at JH Golf and Tennis.  Aka, a trip into the other side of the tracks!  It was so amazing.  The colors were going off, the weather was in the 80's and Case and I had the course to ourselves.  Thanks again Case for the invite.  

 After the round the rest of the Brown family showed up and Wyatt of course needed to go hit some balls.  How awesome in that little golf bag and backpack!  

Case attacking the pin on the signature hole at JHGT.

Things got wierd......

 At Jason and Lauren's wedding after 8 pm.  It was 80's attire after 8 pm and of course, debauchery ensued. 

Teddy, aka Daniel Son from the Karate Kid.  Amazing. 

Better a week and a half late, than never...

 Some buds and I scored an absolute classic ride the other day that is always on my must ride list each and every summer.  Flemming Creek, to Burns Creek, to Blacks Canyon, back Flemming.  50 miles of utter epicness in the BigHole Mountains, ID.  

Alex, charging with the fall colors and a bank to bank creek to keep him company.

The Crew, atop Liar's Peak eating lunch. 

Getaway to Paradise.

 Fall weekends are always awesome, but when you have a good family friend that has a ranch in the Copper Basin, ID, they are even better!  Chels and I have been meaning to hit up my Dad's  best bud "Duffy" on his offer to stay at his ranch for years.  Ummm, why the hell did we wait so long?  What an amazing spread, about an hours drive from Sun Valley, ID.  

Chels, scoping the property.  Duff has a handful of really cool restored cabins and a bitchin yurt.  

 The main meeting house in the middle of the cluster of guest cabins.

 We drove out the Burma Road today which drops you down toward Mackay, ID.  Borah Peak is in the background, the highest peak in Idaho.  

 Yea, life is really, really good!

 The "Russian John" cabin that was our home for the weekend.  It was totally pimped out on the inside complete with slate showers.  Duffy had it restored and brought up on a flatbed years ago.  

 Ahh, sunny and warm September weather.  

 Chels has nice feet, I have gross feet, hence the shoes.

 I love spending time with this blue eyed beauty.

 If only fall lasted longer!

We are already hatching plans for a  return visit in the spring to the Copper Basin.  Thanks Uncle Duff!

Yes, so good.

 I suppose you lead one hell of a charmed life when other fun activities get in the way of floating.  By that I mean, this summer we haven't been on the river nearly as much as normal, needed, and wanted.  It's not because of lack of want, more just time I suppose.  And....., well, that is centered around an admitted addiction to riding dirtbikes.    Last Friday Tyler and Christana were in town for Jason Rolfe's wedding and we took a float south of town.  Hmmm, lots of fish, warm sunshine, awesome peeps, yea, that's why we like floating so much.  Mental note to us...., lets do a hell of a lot more of this next summer.  Ugh....too many passions, such a rad place we live, and ultimately, not nearly enough time to squeeze it all in.  

Tyler and Christana kissing this glorious sunny day.

 Is there a better sight?  Man, fish, and a cute gal to net your fish for you!  

 The fall colors were going off.  Somehow Chels took all the photos and didnt seem to get in any of them herself!  

 Fall floating on the Snake is pretty rad.  Only wish the distance between Missoula and Jackson was a bit closer so we got to see these guys more often.  

 Absolute classic.  Fish on, cigar properly placed.  

 Wait, wait........, I swear i had it in my hand ready for an award winning photo! 

Christina, Beautiful Chels, and chilling Tyler.  And, my bike for the shuttle.  It was a  full boat.